Oracle is expanding in Ghana due to the country’s stability and the growth of the IT industry. In light of this, they rented a space in an existing office building with enough room to expand and wanted an interior office space that expressed the Oracle Brand in a youthful and inviting manner in line with their brand image.
Orthner Orthner & Associates partnered with HOK … [Read more...]

The original Missionary Training Centre (MTC) was built in 2002 in Tema, Ghana, and could fit only 90 missionaries. With the growing church in Africa, Church leaders decided to build a larger MTC next to the Accra Ghana Temple. The new MTC can house 320 missionaries, and there’s room to add on to accommodate 500 if needed. Orthner Orthner & Associates (OOA) partnered with … [Read more...]

The Architects’ Project (#tap) is an autonomous initiative continuously engaging with industry experts and academics to deliver a wide range of activities and services. Their main aim is to empower the built environment community towards better ways of developing the environment and society. Africanism spoke to Juliet Sakyi-Ansah, founder of The Architects’ Project.
How and … [Read more...]

Located in the bustling Osu district of Accra, Ghana, this mixed used project by London-based DOS Architects consists of an office block and a 150-room Radisson RED Hotel. The latter is the first within this brand to be developed and proposed on the African continent. In other words, the studio’s proposal pays tribute to the contemporary vision that West Africa has grown to … [Read more...]

As seen on The Conversation. Like it or not, we measure the success (or failure) of cities according to broad principles of urban culture inherited largely from the west. This includes quantitative data: infrastructure, transportation, access to health care, education, amenities and so on. Harder to measure, but no less important, are “other” factors like a sense of belonging, … [Read more...]

By demonstrating the possibility of building high-rise in an equatorial, earthquake-risk location, the scheme for Villaggio Vista offers a new housing prototype for Ghana’s emerging middle-class.
Four buildings, ranging from seven to 30 storeys, are positioned to capture a central leafy landscape, each distinguished by a boldly patterned skin, inspired by Kente weavings, and … [Read more...]

French photographer Julien Lanoo took these images of the National Theatre of Ghana built in Accra in the early 90s, which features smooth, white volumes elevated above the surrounding streetscape.
Read about it at Dezeen … [Read more...]

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